Rhombodus andriesi Noubhani and Cappetta 1994 (stingray)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae

Full reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1994. Révision des Rhombodontidae (Neoselachii, Batomorphi) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc. Palaeovertebrata 23:1-49

Belongs to Rhombodus according to J. Kriwet et al. 2007

See also Cappetta and Corral 1999 and Noubhani and Cappetta 1994

Sister taxa: Rhombodus binkhorsti, Rhombodus carentonensis, Rhombodus ibericus, Rhombodus levis, Rhombodus meridionalis, Rhombodus microdon

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ould er-Rami, tranchée d'essai (ORA), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in Morocco

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (3 collections), Spain (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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